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Sustainability In Practice:
From Local to Global: Making a Difference

September 6/7 2007

'Collaborating for a Sustainable Future'

Conference Proceedings

Proceedings of SiP Conference, 2007

Fulltext SiP Proceedings

Content	Page
Preface Ros Taylor, Nicola Corrigan and Sarah Sayce
Greening People and Places
Steve Glass, Norman Christopher, Wendy Wenner and Elena Lioubimtseva Grand Valley State University, USA Sustainability and Changing University Culture and Curriculum: Grand Valley State University Case Study	1 - 8
Mhairi Mackie, James Gray-Donald, Sue Turpin Brooks, Alan Dyer and Paul Lumley University of Plymouth Campus Greening at the University of Plymouth: Some Highs and Lows in a Two Year Collaborative Experience	9 - 19
Shalini Jayasinghe, Afsheen Rashid and Gayle Burgess London Sustainability Exchange Changing Behaviours for a more Sustainable London	20 - 30
Sustainable Solutions – An Everyday Experience
John Blewitt University of Exeter 'Like the floors' Visioning a New Art of Living	31 - 40
Ewa Szczotka Consultant in Sustainable Fashion Intelligent Sustainable Solutions for the Fashion Industry	41 - 48
Empowerment and Change
Jane Roberts University of Gloucestershire Empowering Student Sustainability Practitioners: the Kaliro Link Project	49 - 58
Ana Moura Arroz, Ana Cristina Palos, Isabel Estrela Rego and Paulo Borges Univesidade dos Açores, Portugal Science, Society, Politics and the Media-Joining Efforts to Manage the Risk of Termite Infestation in the Azores	59 - 66
Duncan Reavey, Joan Whibley and Hannah Connon University of Chicester Undergraduates Push for a Carbon-Neutral Field Course!	67 - 73

Bruce Nixon Sustainability Consultant It's Time We Changed the System	74 - 84
Case Studies in Sustainable Development
Elizabeth Hicken Sustainable Development Facilitator, South Africa GIS as a Basis for Sustainable Development in South African Municipalities	85 - 98
Jonathan Essex BioRegional Reclaiming the Future - From Re-using Construction Materials to One Planet Living	99 - 111
Policy to Practice
John Onyango and Karim Hadji Glasgow University *The Impact of Design Charrette* Process in the Creation of Sustainable Community: The Case of Tornagrain**	112 - 121
Eddie Cowling, Amanda Lewis and Sarah Sayce Kingston University Exploring the Changing Nature of Students' Attitude and Awareness of the Principles of Sustainability	122 - 131
Ros Taylor, Simon Bray, Robert Gant and Kathy Morrissey Kingston University and WSP SME Engagement with Sustainablility Issues Issues: A Case Study from Surrey, UK	132 - 143
Educational Change
David Turner, Kenny Lynch and Sue Swansborough University of Gloucestershire Lessons from the Frontline: Embedding Sustainability in the Higher Education Curricullum	144 - 154
Michael Herrmann Kingston University Sustainable Education Through Engagement	155 - 163
Sustainability and the Professions
Paul E Murray University of Plymouth Towards a Definition of Sustainability Literacy for the Built Enviornment Professions	164 - 172
Paul Micklethwaite Kingston University Delivering on the Promise: Sucess and Failure in Academic Knowledge Transfer	173 -178
Transformation and Change
Janet Davis Massey University, New Zealand Framing the 'Subject': Developing Dimensions of Sustainability Literacy	179 - 185
Alan Strong and Lesley Hemphill University of Ulster Communicating Sustainability in a Higher Education Environment	186 - 196
Manual Gomez and Amanda Lewis Lisbon University and Kingston University C-SCAIPE and the Decade: From Local to Global	197 - 209